湖南师范大学外国语学院语言学专业2007真题

1.Make a comment of about 200 words on any one of the following six topics. (10)

a) phonetics b) phonology

c) morphology d) syntax

e) semantics f) pragmatics

2.Determine whether the words in each of the following groups are related to one another

by processes of inflection or derivation.

a)go, goes, going, gone

b)discover, discovery, discoverer, discoverable, discoverability

c)lovely, lovelier, loveliest

d)inventor, inventor’s, inventors, inventors’

e)democracy, democrat, democratic, democratize

Based on your analyses of the above, how do you define inflection or derivation? (10)

3.Each of the following examples contains a conversational implicature.

a)A: Have you washed the floor and done the dishes?

B: I’ve washed the floor.

b)A: Did you get hold of Carl yet？

B: I tried to call him yesterday.

c)A: What did you think of the film?

B: Well, the supporting actor was great.

d)A: Do you have any pets?

B: Yes, I have two cats.

ⅰ) What is a conversational implicature?

ⅱ) What is the implicature for each example?